Hi Mazzy, lot of great music there, too much to mention. I need to re-listen the Waits album, don’t have it in my top 5 of his works. That background music was brutal, felt like I was at a renaissance fair. Take care😀
Great video of essential s/s artists and their praised works. Sea Change, Boatman's Call, Blue, Astal Weeks and The Heart of Saturday Night are favourites. Clark's No Other is an album I hadn't heard until recently. Enjoyed Renbourn, too. Cheers!
Some personal favourites you missed - Sam Cooke, Paul McCartney, Dory Previn, Richard Thompson, Sandy Denny, Roy Harper, Tori Amos, Beth Hart, Kacey Musgrave, Ruth Moody, Heather Masse, Norah Jones, Tom Russell, and Gretchen Peters. Gretchen Peters in particular has an extensive catalogue of beautiful and skilfully crafted songs.
great list....I would add Martin Newell a somewhat obscure English singer songwriter (his 'band' Cleaners from Venus was essentially a solo project for the most part). Great Beatle-esque/Ray Davies-esque low fi pop songs. The Greatest Living Englishman is a fine album produced by Andy Partridge
Mazzy, do you know Australian Paul Kelly, arguably Australia's greatest singer/songwriter. David Fricke from Rolling Stone said Kelly is one of the finest singer/songwriters he has ever heard, in Australia or anywhere. Kelly's 'How to Make Gravy' is Australia's unofficial Christmas song. Kelly started in the early 1980's and is still making great records.
I think, if you include Mark Kozelek, you could also consider Mark Oliver Everett , aka E of Eels fame. Albeit I grant you that Kozelek has recorded much more solo material. You always seem to leave out Richard Thompson from these lists. I'm glad to see I'm not the only one to mention him in the comments. Same goes for Sandy Denny. Ralph McTell springs to mind as another great British singer/songwriter who isn't that well known outside the UK & even here, most people only know him for one song. I know at least one VCer, Shannon D., who will be somewhat perturbed that you failed to mention Tori Amos. She seems to have gone quiet of late. I hope she's OK. I don't think it would be all that hard to come up with a list of 100 great singer/songwriter albums, without repeating any artist.
Dave Brzeski yes great suggestion. Love richard and Linda Thompson and just got their new cd box set but aside from Shoot out the Lights I have none on vinyl. I have many of Ricardo’s albums and Tori Amos on CD. I suppose I could make a CD version that would add many of the artists you suggest including Mark Oliver Everett. Of course 100 would be more inclusive. I think others would have a different list. Thanks for comments. Your suggestions are all great.
Back to watch the rest of this video..I am a big John Hiatt fan..you are correct..Bring The Family is his best..RUCKIE Lee Jones debut is a great album and so well recorded..sounds great..Astral Weeks..THE PERFECT RECORD...I saw Randy Newman and Ry Cooder at Massey Hall around 1973..John Prine is like family to me..Leon Russell..I just picked up Carney on vinyl..love that album..Sweet Baby James is a favorite..also love Mud Slide Slim..Neil and Warren..great way to end..👍👍👍👍👍👍glen
I can agree with most all the Artist's I just differ on the albums, I was afraid Loudon was going to be left off (prefer unrequited to the Nth degree) off the top of my pointed little head Richard Buckner (Bloomed) and Willie Nelson (Teatro) would like to see a video of Artists with Great albums more than 5 or more years apart. Keep up the videos they are quite enjoyable.
Hello Mazzy, thanks for showing John Hiatt. I love this album from him and the following one « Slow Turning ». 👌 This guy is rarely shown in the VC or rarely shown by youtubers I follow ! I learned about some artists you show here in the VC (Newsom, for example) and it is still true for this video (Welch, Nyro...). Thanks for that. I’m a fan of most of the big names here : I collect them from time to time (except E. John, only one Album I keep because there is a Jaguar in the gatefold - you should do the same Supertramp had fun artworks). One of my favorite singer-songwriters is not here and he is American : James McMurtry. I also used to like the rural guy John Mellencamp mainly for two albums in the mid 80s : I only saw him one time in the VC and it was for laughing... As a rural guy myself I understood the lyrics. It can be the reason : obvious lyrics. I don’t know. And the last one, great pianist, I saw him in concert in Antwerpen in Belgium : Bruce Hornsby. His two first albums are unique for me. Take care. Bruno
Tracy Chapman is so incredible. I have the album you were holding. It is more scarce now as well as most of her other work on vinyl. At some point, I'm hoping for a vinyl box set like Sade has coming out for Tracy. Until then, her CDs are pretty accessible so people can hear her greatness. I love her writing style and her voice. I'm so glad you brought her in on your choices here. I think she is so overlooked sadly.
i have all her albums that are available on vinyl...i agree that there are too many only on cd...hoping that will change...but i actually broke down and bought 'let it rain' on cd...my favorite album of hers...she is one of my all time favorites...
Agreed on Elvis Costello, it took me years to get into his discography, but once I listened to Watching the Detectives I was instantly hooked. I treasure my 45 of I Don’t Want to go to Chelsea. I really enjoy lyricists who can be cryptic without sounding nonsensical, very few walk that line well.
Hi Mazzy. Saludos from Madrid. This is Rafael. There are so many great singer songwriters. I miss a few more but its your selection, maybe next time. I suggest you a challenge. What about a list of great songs that named cities or places and travel around? An example. From Andalucía by John Cale to Alburquerque by Neil Young in 10 steps, what a trip! and the connections between them as the stuff, colaborations or covers of the records, you know well, you're very imaginative. It could be too a playlist of songs from deep America, old Europe, exotic places... come on. What do you think about? Check it out and show us. Have a nice day
hmmm, interesting : that must be a anglo-saxon paradigm, as the songwriter/singer mostly started in the 40ies in France (bands, outside of jazz, probably came a little later to us, though), and probably other countries. But do you separate blues from what you're talking about? My fave of all those is the Harry Nilsson one. But you're not that much into Robert Wyatt, or Kevin Ayers? Didn't know about Laura Nyro, and will check, so thanks ^^
of course you know i love this theme...and i love tracy chapman...her album 'let it rain' is one of my top five of all time....of course rickie lee jones (who i paid tribute to on my album)...my favorites..leonard cohen, van morrison and dylan....also tom waits, john sebastian, laura nyro, nick drake....so many great ones...just one that i would love to see mentioned...tina vero...she has a few albums but her debut 'in the waiting' is absolutely brilliant (sadly only on cd)...thanks for this...peace...rocky
People love him or hate him, and I can understand why you may not have him in your collection. But there can be no discussion of singer-songwriters without Dan Fogelberg. He was there at the start, and along with James Taylor, pioneered the genre.
Absolutely beautiful music by Dan fogelberg I agree with you, his arrangements are very outstanding. I have the John Martyn "church with one bell" on cd and many John Hiatt albums
Kudos for including Phil Ochs - Pleasures of the Harbor. Blue is also one of my favorites. An amazing album from start to finish. Thank you for a great list.
Love this video Mazzy..love Jackson Browne..his first three albums are among my fav records by any artist..great Nick Cave record..My Aim Is True is awesome..although I like Armed Forces better...Also love Spike..You turned me on to that Gene Clark No Other record and it never leaves my heavy rotation pile..A fabulous record..I have to watch the rest later...👍👍👍👍glen kellaway
A lot of great albums I love, and a lot of new ones to discover. I would add Al Stewart. I particularly like his three albums: "Orange", "Love chronicles" and "Zero she flies". All of them are overall better IMO than his most praised "The year of the cat" which is too polished for me. An important part of my singer/songwriter pantheon is Roy Harper. His "Stormcock" is the ultimate album for me. One of the brightest stars in my singer/songwriter heaven is Scott Walker, particularly for his third album, which is achingly beautiful. The same may be said about Lou Reed and his dark masterpiece "Berlin". I'm not sure if Syd Barrett qualifies (it does to me) but I love "Madcap Laughs". Same with Robert Wyatt and his "Rock bottom". A relatively more recent example is Heidi Berry. Her first two 4AD releases from the early 90s ( "Love" and "Heidi Berry") are really nice. And the last but not least, a rather controversial choice: Alice Cooper "On the inside". Written with Elton John's right-hand man - Bernie Taupin, is an amazing gallery of songs depicting some lunatics, met while Alice was in rehab, plus some autobiographical songs show Alice himself at his most vulnerable.
Norman, although I'm a bit younger than you, born in '64, you are definitely a kindred soul musically, as I think I have nearly every album you featured. Great selection! Just some housekeeping in case someone missed it, Badfinger was the first artist/group signed to Apple records, James Taylor was the first non-British artist. Maybe because I'm Canadian, I would say Gordon Lightfoot. Keep up the great content, sorry I'm 3 years behind the comments. Story of my life!
If I had to pick one Dylan album, I'd be in big trouble! There are songs on every one of the classics, from Freewheelin' to Nashville Skyline, plus Blood on the Tracks, but every one of them is powerful, titanic and indelible. I tend to gravitate to John Wesley Harding and Bringing It All Back Home, with a healthy dose of Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde. Great catches with Gene Clark, Guy Clark, John Hiatt, Randy Newman, Phil Ochs, Gram Parsons, John Prine, Leon Russell, Paul Simon, Lucinda Williams and Warren Zevon, but what about Gordon Lightfoot, Al Stewart, John Fogerty, Garland Jeffreys, Neil Diamond, Marc Cohn, Bill Withers, Janis Ian, Otis Redding, John Mellancamp, and Bob Welch, who wrote hits for Fleetwood Mac (Bermuda Triangle, anyone?), then as a solo act, and in Paris, with Tony and Hunt Sales Also, Dave Edmunds, Karla Bonoff, Tom Cochrane, John Hartford, Gerry Rafferty, Emmitt Rhodes, Bruce Cockburn, Dan Fogelberg, Mark Knopfler, Boz Scaggs, Harry Chapin, Dan Hicks, Sheryl Crow, Jimmy Buffett, David Bromberg, singers and songwriters, all, Then There's Pete Townshend, Steve Winwood, Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel, and Peter Frampton. Not to mention the amazing, and hard to find, Willis Alan Ramsey. Jackson Browne's very best is Saturate before Using. I like Late for the Sky, but Saturate is filled with timeless songs, an intimacy lacking in later albums, and heart. Donovan deserves kudos for Sunshine Superman, still on my Hot 100 after 57 years. The songs are his strongest non-single efforts, the flow between songs sublime. I put it with Dark Side of the Moon as one of the most important albums of the era. I prefer For the Roses, or Court and Spark, to Blue, the common pull for many critics, Mona Bone Jakon to Tea for the Tillerman, and Saint Dominic's Preview, to Astral Weeks. I never thought of Bert Jansch as a singer, much less a songwriter, but a great guitarist. My loss, I suppose, but one of those I mentioned deserved a spot, in his place.
No Gordon Lightfoot (Sunday Concert), Joni Mitchell (Song to a Seagull), Dan Fogelberg, Stan Rogers (Between the Breaks....Live) Harry Chapin? A newer singer / songwriter, I'd like to see on Vinyl, David Wilcox (Songs & Stories ). (This interest in getting back into Vinyl is Dependent on whether or not I decide to put my VPI HW19 back into service when I'm able to move, it's currently boxed up sitting in a closet. If I do decide to keep it, I would do so to get back into Classical Vinyl. Digital doesn't seem to capture the same amount of Orchestral Instruments w/o using a $$$$ DAC)
Have you ever heard Robert Wyatt's version of Elvis Costello and Clive Langer's Shipbuilding Mazzy? They actually wrote it for him and his unique mesmerising vocals just elevate the song to a different dimension. Afterward, Elvis recorded his own version of it. The song is an anti-Falkand's war song. The controversial war Margaret Thatcher's government fought against Argentina. The lyric refers to the irony of how war can lead to work for the men who build warships which will ultimately send their sons off to die. Apologies if I am telling you stuff you already know! Also if you get a chance check out another great version of Season of the Witch by Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger and the Trinity. Great pick on the Bert Jansch! and great video as ever.
Todd Rundgren would fit in here easily - the problem with him is picking an album. Something/Anything is the obvious choice, but Runt and Hermit of Mink Hollow are also great, and then there's the likes of Nearly Human and Second Wind. More recently, Andrew Bird. His stuff is just delightfully weird (prog folk???). Noble Beast lived in my car from the time I got it until I had to get rid of the car, and everything I've heard off My Finest Work Yet is fantastic.
Nice, Mazzy! As always very entertaining & full of good, interesting music and infos. Surprised though, that neither Townes Van Zandt made it in your list, nor Ryan Adams (and Mark Knopfler). But still: Great list. Greetings from Germany. Check out Fink, by the way.
Great show. Kate Bush would been in mine. I know you like her too. Maybe she isint a singer songwriter at second thought. Tori amos first few albums are great also.
A somewhat newer artist that I came across that I've fallen in Love with regarding singer/ songwriter is Ryan Montbleau. Absolute monster lyricism, can hold his own against pretty much any of the greats IMO. Interestingly, I discovered him they'd his song "Pacing Like Prince" which is from his more soul side of music, then when I went to check out his other stuff I realized he has a lot of singer/songwriter and roots/ Americana stuff. Some other top favorites for songwriters or specific songs on my "singer/ songwriter" playlist: Ben Kweller (very unique lyricism), Adam Duritz/ Counting Crows, Ryan Bingham, The Avett Brothers (February Seven is great), Amigo- The Glorious Sons, Makin It- Bishop Gunn, Soulfight- The Revivalists, My City of Ruin- Eddie Vedder, Move On- Jet, The Sun is Shining- JJ Grey and Mofro. Just some breadcrumbs for anyone reading :) Great, comprehensive list in this video for sure!
Glen Hansard, the great Irish singer/ songwriter from the Frames and solo. His album Rhythm and Repose(2012) is fantastic, as are the three following this one:) I also really like Gordon Haskell, a judgment that for the moment is solely based on my appreciation of his Harry's Bar(2002) album. With the gorgeous How Wonderful You Are on it. Guy became popular at 57 with this song and album. That's what is beautiful and tragic with some of these singer-songwriters. Sometimes they don't get noticed until way later of even after they've passed away... Anyway, great list there, Mazzy! Take care.
Jeff Buckley Hallelujah sublime. Nick Cave's Hallelujah so good. Cave's version is not a cover. Check out a live performance. I like it a lot. Buckley's is a cover but it and I think its out of respect for Leonard Cohen as a songwriter that he is covered as much as he is by other artists. Its just that Buckley's is so good.
50 great Singer songwriter albums. Singer songwriters. Great writers and Great versions of Leonard Cohen’s Halelujah but poor a choice to advocate for their songwriting since it is not theirs.
stevie wonder could still do no wrong except that he doesn't release anything now. anyone defending donovan, phil ochs and laura nyro (among others) is a friend of the planet.
Hi mazzy you don’t need notes it’s all from the heart ..I knew billy would get a mention . Neil Young is a big favourite of mine .. I keep seeing that rickie lee jones album I should grab it .. great personal choices 👍
I expect that all real music lovers would be into most of these but it still surprised me that I'm a fan of almost every one of your picks. It's like having a conversation with your best mate. I expect you always knew but after loving 'Shipbuilding' since it came out I was surprised when I found out that Chet Baker played the trumpet on it. I still have so much to learn!
First of all, Elton John did not write his lyrics, Bernie Taupin did. Leaving out PJ Harvey, Patti Smith and Kate Bush but including strummer John Sebastian is kind of lame.
This was very extensive, I really appreciate your efforts in creating this list. There are artists you mentioned I do not know. I wondered why you did not include Dave Alvin.
Well, that was fun. Isn't there so much wonderful music out there? There's very few of those I don't own albums by. Possibly only Elton John I don't. Good to see Smog (Bill Callahan). Yes, his new album is amazing, as all of his are. He, along with other Americana tinged artists are firm favourites of mine. Vic Chesnutt's Is The Actor Happy, Songs: Ohia's (Jason Molina) Lioness, Howe Gelb's 'Sno Angel Like You, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy's (Will Oldham) I See A Darkness and Neko Case's Furnace Room Lullaby would all make any list I would make. Of course, I love Guy Clark and John Prine, but I'd have to include more country artists. Kris Kristofferson's debut album, Willie Nelson's Red Headed Stranger, Dolly Parton's Tennessee Mountain Home and Billy Joe Shaver's Old Five and Dimers Like Me. B. C. Camplight is an artist who just gets better and better. His album from earlier this year, Shortly After Takeoff, is almost without doubt going to be my favourite album if the year. ...Sorry, I've gone on a bit...Much like your video 🙂
I'm pretty sure I am the only person that doesn't love Tracy Chapman. I do respect so many of the great song writers you named. Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, Carole King. Elton John and so many more.
Strong list. Obligatory listing of omissions (some more glaring than others): George Harrison Paul McCartney Hank Williams Bob Marley Lou Reed Syd Barrett Townes van Zandt (acknowledged) Merle Haggard Willie Nelson Robert Johnson David Bowie Tom Petty Gordon Lightfoot Woody Guthrie Kate Bush John Denver C/S/N
Really enjoyed this one! ✌🏻😎 The Black Swan is a great album. Did you see that Earth Recordings is issuing Crimson Moon on vinyl? Comes out in a couple weeks. I’m so excited - it’s such a wonderful later album for Jansch. From the early 2000s I think.
Missing from this list: David Ackles, Hoyt Axton, Tony Joe White, Emmitt Rhodes, Al Stewart, Bill Fay, Bruce Cockburn, Chris De Burgh, Chris Rea, David Blue, Don Nix, David Mc Williams, Dick Gaughan, Dory Previn, Elliott Murphy, Eric Anderson, Eric Von Schmidt, Fred Neil, Garland Jeffries, Harry Chapin, Jackie Leven, Jackson C Frank, Jesse Winchester, Jim Croce, Jimmy Webb, JJ Cale, Joe South, John Stewart, Kevin Coyne, Lee Clayton, Lee Hazlewood, John Phillips, Michael Hurley, Patrick Sky, Ralph McTell, Jake Holmes, Richard Thompson, Rodriguez, Sandy Denny, Scott Walker, Tim Hardin, Tim Rose, Tom Paxton, Tom Rush, Townes Van Zandt, Vic Chesnutt, Vince Martin, Dave Van Ronk, Robyn Hitchcock, Mark Laneghan, PJ Harvey, Buffy Saint Marie, Country Joe McDonald, Arlo Guthrie, Bob Theill, Jonathan Edwards, Lou Reed, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Jack Bruce, Alex Chilton, Eric Carmen, Paul Westerberg, Conor Oberst, Mark Eitzel, Matthew Sweet, Peter Bruntnell, Meic Stevens, David Gray, Willie Nelson, Russ Ballard, Chris Bell, Peter Blegvad, David Bowie, John Cale, T Bone Burnett, Billy Childish, Neil Diamond, Peter Hammill, Roy Harper, Alan Hull, Ian Hunter, Billy Joel, Ronnie Lane, Gordon Lightfoot, Nick Lowe, Dave Mason, Don McLean, Mickey Newbury, Graham Nash, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Michael Nesmith, Nico, Danny O'Keefe, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Shawn Phillips, Alan Price, Gerry Rafferty, Tom Rapp, Terry Reid, Jonathan Richman, Stan Ridgway, Biff Rose, Todd Rundgren, Bob Seger, Judee Sill, PF Sloan, Rod Stewart, Pete Townshend, Tom Verlaine, Clifford T Ward, Gary Wright, Jesse Colin Young. But then the video would be 3 hours long.
A most enjoyable video. If there is a perfect album from Townes VanZandt it is, without question, Live at the Old Quarter. Interesting to see your selections from those artists in particular we both admire: Beck, Nilsson, Neil Young, Dylan, Randy Newman, Bert Jansch, Nick Drake, John Martyn (btw I saw 'Church with One Bell' in a record store the other day on reissue - let me know if you are still looking, I will buy and forward it to you if you send mailing address). I actually prefer Teaser and the Firecat (if ever so slightly) to Tea for the Tillerman, Jackson Browne's debut to Late for the Sky, White Light to No Other, and Shelter People to Leon's first. Richard Thompson's Hand of Kindness is a perfect album. Jackson C Frank's one album is perfect. Ditto Gordon Lightfoot's If You Could Read My Mind (Sit Down Young Stranger), Phoebe Snow's debut, Blaze Foley's Live at the Austin Outhouse, and Willis Alan Ramsey's one album.
You are much better than me and this is pissing me off ! :) You even have Jansch and Martyn. I bet not that many heard about Martyn in States. Great watching this !!! :) Have about 70% of what you are presenting here...Best Wishes from UK. PS You forgotten about Crosby 'If I could only remember my name' :)
Nice list, for the most part. I've got that Springsteen album and I remember the song you keep referring to as "Rosita" is actually "Rosalita". Quibble, I know. Big fan of both Randy Newman and John Hiatt - glad you featured both.
So so many. You took most of my picks for greatest singer songwriters out there. But I'd also add the other two Beatles singer-songwriters, Georgie and Paulie 😄 both remarkable wordsmiths and melody makers in their solo work. More soul, funk and RnB representation: Bill Withers, Prince, Labi Siffre (he always gets missed out these lists). It was under the umbrella of the Family Stone, but everything from There's a Riot Going on onwards was Sly Stone's own work, with a couple of contributions here and there from the band.
Hi Mazzy- enjoyed this and some great choices. While E Street Shuffle is not my favorite Bruce album, it is certainly representative. And was glad to see Late for the Sky, although I love the first two JB albums as well .Three other artists that I'd consider solo work from Chris Hillman, Rick Roberts, and Bill Wilson- although the latter may be more of an Indiana phenomenon...Maybe one of the first two Karla Bonoff albums, with all of those classic songs Linda Ronstadt covered...
Hi there. Would add Eric Andersen to the list. His first (& second albums), along with Cohen's first album were responsible for my initiation into poetry. I think your listed albums here are bang on. Enjoy your channel.
Mazzy, Richard Thompson is an very underrated singer-songwriter(guitarist) with many very good albums. I would have to go with Rumor & Sigh (1991) for 1952 Vincent Black Lightning alone but there are 14 excellent songs on this disc. Two other very talented British singer-songwriter-guitarist sometimes overlooked are Mark Knopfler and Chris Rea.
I have no argument for deleting any of your choices., Mazzy. I’m reveling in the abundance of singer-songwriting brilliance you gathered…but, I’m a huge Jesse Winchester fan and he wrote and sang some amazing songs over lots of years….would also give a shout-out to Jason Isbell.
Great list Maz. Can't really argue with any of them. Did I miss Townes Van Zandt, or was he not included? Glad to see the inclusion of a few 90s and 2000s artists like Elliott Smith, Gillian Welch, Smog, Bon Iver, etc. When considering artists of that era, and even including today, so many more could be listed in my list. Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes), Will Oldham (Palace Bros, Bonnie Prince Billy), Jason Molina (Songs Ohia, Magnolia Electric Co.), and John Darnielle (Mountain Goats) come to mind. Again, great list.
Thanks Mazzy. I started a list, but only made it to five entries, with at least one that I have to check if he fits, but it included John Stewart. Sun Kil Moon I will need to check. - Chris
I am sad to report the passing of three renowned singers from the world of soul music... Edna Wright, who also recorded briefly as Sandy Wynns, but was best known as lead vocalist with Hot Wax hit trio Honey Cone, died Saturday, September 12 aged 75 years. Honey Cone enjoyed nine R&B chart hits 1969-1972, reaching no. 1 with Want Ads and Stick Up, in the spring and autumn respectively of 1971, Edna in the company of Carolyn Willis and Shellie Clark. Roy C, whose chart hits included Shotgun Wedding (Black Hawk, 1965) and Got To Get Enough (Mercury, 1973) died Friday (18th), aged 81 years. He began his career with vocal group the Genies (Who's That Knockin?, 1958) as Roy Hammond, then abbreviated his name for his solo career to avoid confusion with Roy Hamilton. Roy enjoyed good sales with Mercury album Sex & Soul, and later also recorded for his own labels Three Gems and Alaga. Pamela Hutchinson, of family music group the Emotions, died Friday (18th) aged just 61 years after losing her long battle with ill health. Pam was the youngest sister of three, with Wanda and Sheila, who began singing as the Hutchinson Sunbeams guided by their father Joe. They scored a dozen hit singles on Volt Records, 1969 - 74, with top 10 hits So I Can Love You and Show Me How then moved to Columbia in 1976 with half a dozen further hits including 1977 chart-topper Best of My Love. 1979 saw them sign with ARC to chart with Earth Wind & Fire on Boogie Wonderland, then five further hits for the Emotions on ARC and three on Red Label.
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Just got turned on to your channel...just great, guessing we are about the same age. Nice to see Warren Zevon on your list. Fun fact, Buckingham and Nicks are on this record...the three of them were roomates before Fleetwood Mac came along.
Hard to argue with any of those selections I was familiar with and the one's I'm not I need to check out. I'm sure there are some equally worthy but nothing jumps out at me.
Terrific list. I'd add (unless I missed him) Gordon Lightfoot. SHADOWS, DREAM STREET ROSE, COLD ON THE SHOULDER, and many other superb albums.
Hi Mazzy, lot of great music there, too much to mention. I need to re-listen the Waits album, don’t have it in my top 5 of his works. That background music was brutal, felt like I was at a renaissance fair. Take care😀
Jason Isbell
Someone who always considered himself to be more of a writer than a singer (for good reason), Lou Reed. Lou wrote some incredible music.
Lou Reed - Yes
Great video of essential s/s artists and their praised works. Sea Change, Boatman's Call, Blue, Astal Weeks and The Heart of Saturday Night are favourites. Clark's No Other is an album I hadn't heard until recently. Enjoyed Renbourn, too. Cheers!
Some personal favourites you missed - Sam Cooke, Paul McCartney, Dory Previn, Richard Thompson, Sandy Denny, Roy Harper, Tori Amos, Beth Hart, Kacey Musgrave, Ruth Moody, Heather Masse, Norah Jones, Tom Russell, and Gretchen Peters. Gretchen Peters in particular has an extensive catalogue of beautiful and skilfully crafted songs.
Natalie Merchant is my favourite female singer songwriter. Do you have any of her albums?
Love Zevon...
Porcelain Monkey,
Keep me in your heart for a while...
Life'll Kill Ya 👌
great list....I would add Martin Newell a somewhat obscure English singer songwriter (his 'band' Cleaners from Venus was essentially a solo project for the most part). Great Beatle-esque/Ray Davies-esque low fi pop songs. The Greatest Living Englishman is a fine album produced by Andy Partridge
The last Warren Zevon album The Wind might just be the best I-know-I'm dying record ever. Only Blackstar challenges it for me
Mazzy, do you know Australian Paul Kelly, arguably Australia's greatest singer/songwriter. David Fricke from Rolling Stone said Kelly is one of the finest singer/songwriters he has ever heard, in Australia or anywhere. Kelly's 'How to Make Gravy' is Australia's unofficial Christmas song. Kelly started in the early 1980's and is still making great records.
I think, if you include Mark Kozelek, you could also consider Mark Oliver Everett , aka E of Eels fame. Albeit I grant you that Kozelek has recorded much more solo material.
You always seem to leave out Richard Thompson from these lists. I'm glad to see I'm not the only one to mention him in the comments. Same goes for Sandy Denny. Ralph McTell springs to mind as another great British singer/songwriter who isn't that well known outside the UK & even here, most people only know him for one song.
I know at least one VCer, Shannon D., who will be somewhat perturbed that you failed to mention Tori Amos. She seems to have gone quiet of late. I hope she's OK.
I don't think it would be all that hard to come up with a list of 100 great singer/songwriter albums, without repeating any artist.
Dave Brzeski yes great suggestion. Love richard and Linda Thompson and just got their new cd box set but aside from Shoot out the Lights I have none on vinyl. I have many of Ricardo’s albums and Tori Amos on CD. I suppose I could make a CD version that would add many of the artists you suggest including Mark Oliver Everett. Of course 100 would be more inclusive. I think others would have a different list. Thanks for comments. Your suggestions are all great.
Back to watch the rest of this video..I am a big John Hiatt fan..you are correct..Bring The Family is his best..RUCKIE Lee Jones debut is a great album and so well recorded..sounds great..Astral Weeks..THE PERFECT RECORD...I saw Randy Newman and Ry Cooder at Massey Hall around 1973..John Prine is like family to me..Leon Russell..I just picked up Carney on vinyl..love that album..Sweet Baby James is a favorite..also love Mud Slide Slim..Neil and Warren..great way to end..👍👍👍👍👍👍glen
I can agree with most all the Artist's I just differ on the albums, I was afraid Loudon was going to be left off (prefer unrequited to the Nth degree) off the top of my pointed little head Richard Buckner (Bloomed) and Willie Nelson (Teatro) would like to see a video of Artists with Great albums more than 5 or more years apart. Keep up the videos they are quite enjoyable.
Hello Mazzy, thanks for showing John Hiatt. I love this album from him and the following one « Slow Turning ». 👌 This guy is rarely shown in the VC or rarely shown by youtubers I follow ! I learned about some artists you show here in the VC (Newsom, for example) and it is still true for this video (Welch, Nyro...). Thanks for that. I’m a fan of most of the big names here : I collect them from time to time (except E. John, only one Album I keep because there is a Jaguar in the gatefold - you should do the same Supertramp had fun artworks). One of my favorite singer-songwriters is not here and he is American : James McMurtry. I also used to like the rural guy John Mellencamp mainly for two albums in the mid 80s : I only saw him one time in the VC and it was for laughing... As a rural guy myself I understood the lyrics. It can be the reason : obvious lyrics. I don’t know. And the last one, great pianist, I saw him in concert in Antwerpen in Belgium : Bruce Hornsby. His two first albums are unique for me. Take care. Bruno
You left out Gordon Lightfoot??? Is he in your top 💯???? What about Jim Croce or Mark Knopfler or Bruce Cockburn????
Tracy Chapman is so incredible. I have the album you were holding. It is more scarce now as well as most of her other work on vinyl. At some point, I'm hoping for a vinyl box set like Sade has coming out for Tracy. Until then, her CDs are pretty accessible so people can hear her greatness. I love her writing style and her voice. I'm so glad you brought her in on your choices here. I think she is so overlooked sadly.
i have all her albums that are available on vinyl...i agree that there are too many only on cd...hoping that will change...but i actually broke down and bought 'let it rain' on cd...my favorite album of hers...she is one of my all time favorites...
Agreed on Elvis Costello, it took me years to get into his discography, but once I listened to Watching the Detectives I was instantly hooked. I treasure my 45 of I Don’t Want to go to Chelsea. I really enjoy lyricists who can be cryptic without sounding nonsensical, very few walk that line well.
I'd include Al Kooper, Laura Nyro and Todd Rundgren in my 50 Great Singer Songwriter Albums.
Hi Mazzy. Saludos from Madrid. This is Rafael. There are so many great singer songwriters. I miss a few more but its your selection, maybe next time. I suggest you a challenge. What about a list of great songs that named cities or places and travel around? An example. From Andalucía by John Cale to Alburquerque by Neil Young in 10 steps, what a trip! and the connections between them as the stuff, colaborations or covers of the records, you know well, you're very imaginative. It could be too a playlist of songs from deep America, old Europe, exotic places... come on. What do you think about? Check it out and show us. Have a nice day
Love serrat
hmmm, interesting : that must be a anglo-saxon paradigm, as the songwriter/singer mostly started in the 40ies in France (bands, outside of jazz, probably came a little later to us, though), and probably other countries. But do you separate blues from what you're talking about?
My fave of all those is the Harry Nilsson one. But you're not that much into Robert Wyatt, or Kevin Ayers? Didn't know about Laura Nyro, and will check, so thanks ^^
of course you know i love this theme...and i love tracy chapman...her album 'let it rain' is one of my top five of all time....of course rickie lee jones (who i paid tribute to on my album)...my favorites..leonard cohen, van morrison and dylan....also tom waits, john sebastian, laura nyro, nick drake....so many great ones...just one that i would love to see mentioned...tina vero...she has a few albums but her debut 'in the waiting' is absolutely brilliant (sadly only on cd)...thanks for this...peace...rocky
People love him or hate him, and I can understand why you may not have him in your collection. But there can be no discussion of singer-songwriters without Dan Fogelberg. He was there at the start, and along with James Taylor, pioneered the genre.
Absolutely beautiful music by Dan fogelberg I agree with you, his arrangements are very outstanding. I have the John Martyn "church with one bell" on cd and many John Hiatt albums
The Innocent Age is a masterpiece.
Nice list for the most part, but dude.....Ray Davies??? David Bowie??? Paul McCartney???
Gordon Lightfoot, Bob Marley, Brian Wilson, Kate Bush, Curtis Mayfield, Taj Mahal, Dr. John
Marvin Gaye definitely up there🙌🏾🎶 although I slightly love What’s Going On a bit better. Great list nonetheless😁
I would like to have seen David Gates of 'Bread' listed here -talk about great songs!
Kudos for including Phil Ochs - Pleasures of the Harbor. Blue is also one of my favorites. An amazing album from start to finish. Thank you for a great list.
Love this video Mazzy..love Jackson Browne..his first three albums are among my fav records by any artist..great Nick Cave record..My Aim Is True is awesome..although I like Armed Forces better...Also love Spike..You turned me on to that Gene Clark No Other record and it never leaves my heavy rotation pile..A fabulous record..I have to watch the rest later...👍👍👍👍glen kellaway
A lot of great albums I love, and a lot of new ones to discover. I would add Al Stewart. I particularly like his three albums: "Orange", "Love chronicles" and "Zero she flies". All of them are overall better IMO than his most praised "The year of the cat" which is too polished for me. An important part of my singer/songwriter pantheon is Roy Harper. His "Stormcock" is the ultimate album for me. One of the brightest stars in my singer/songwriter heaven is Scott Walker, particularly for his third album, which is achingly beautiful. The same may be said about Lou Reed and his dark masterpiece "Berlin". I'm not sure if Syd Barrett qualifies (it does to me) but I love "Madcap Laughs". Same with Robert Wyatt and his "Rock bottom". A relatively more recent example is Heidi Berry. Her first two 4AD releases from the early 90s ( "Love" and "Heidi Berry") are really nice. And the last but not least, a rather controversial choice: Alice Cooper "On the inside". Written with Elton John's right-hand man - Bernie Taupin, is an amazing gallery of songs depicting some lunatics, met while Alice was in rehab, plus some autobiographical songs show Alice himself at his most vulnerable.
Good call on Stormcock. Brilliant album.
Norman, although I'm a bit younger than you, born in '64, you are definitely a kindred soul musically, as I think I have nearly every album you featured. Great selection! Just some housekeeping in case someone missed it, Badfinger was the first artist/group signed to Apple records, James Taylor was the first non-British artist. Maybe because I'm Canadian, I would say Gordon Lightfoot. Keep up the great content, sorry I'm 3 years behind the comments. Story of my life!
If I had to pick one Dylan album, I'd be in big trouble! There are songs on every one of the classics, from Freewheelin' to Nashville Skyline, plus Blood on the Tracks, but every one of them is powerful, titanic and indelible. I tend to gravitate to John Wesley Harding and Bringing It All Back Home, with a healthy dose of Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde.
Great catches with Gene Clark, Guy Clark, John Hiatt, Randy Newman, Phil Ochs, Gram Parsons, John Prine, Leon Russell, Paul Simon, Lucinda Williams and Warren Zevon, but what about Gordon Lightfoot, Al Stewart, John Fogerty, Garland Jeffreys, Neil Diamond, Marc Cohn, Bill Withers, Janis Ian, Otis Redding, John Mellancamp, and Bob Welch, who wrote hits for Fleetwood Mac (Bermuda Triangle, anyone?), then as a solo act, and in Paris, with Tony and Hunt Sales
Also, Dave Edmunds, Karla Bonoff, Tom Cochrane, John Hartford, Gerry Rafferty, Emmitt Rhodes, Bruce Cockburn, Dan Fogelberg, Mark Knopfler, Boz Scaggs, Harry Chapin, Dan Hicks, Sheryl Crow, Jimmy Buffett, David Bromberg, singers and songwriters, all, Then There's Pete Townshend, Steve Winwood, Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel, and Peter Frampton. Not to mention the amazing, and hard to find, Willis Alan Ramsey.
Jackson Browne's very best is Saturate before Using. I like Late for the Sky, but Saturate is filled with timeless songs, an intimacy lacking in later albums, and heart. Donovan deserves kudos for Sunshine Superman, still on my Hot 100 after 57 years. The songs are his strongest non-single efforts, the flow between songs sublime. I put it with Dark Side of the Moon as one of the most important albums of the era.
I prefer For the Roses, or Court and Spark, to Blue, the common pull for many critics, Mona Bone Jakon to Tea for the Tillerman, and Saint Dominic's Preview, to Astral Weeks. I never thought of Bert Jansch as a singer, much less a songwriter, but a great guitarist. My loss, I suppose, but one of those I mentioned deserved a spot, in his place.
No Gordon Lightfoot (Sunday Concert), Joni Mitchell (Song to a Seagull), Dan Fogelberg, Stan Rogers (Between the Breaks....Live) Harry Chapin? A newer singer / songwriter, I'd like to see on Vinyl, David Wilcox (Songs & Stories ).
(This interest in getting back into Vinyl is Dependent on whether or not I decide to put my VPI HW19 back into service when I'm able to move, it's currently boxed up sitting in a closet. If I do decide to keep it, I would do so to get back into Classical Vinyl. Digital doesn't seem to capture the same amount of Orchestral Instruments w/o using a $$$$ DAC)
Have you ever heard Robert Wyatt's version of Elvis Costello and Clive Langer's Shipbuilding Mazzy? They actually wrote it for him and his unique mesmerising vocals just elevate the song to a different dimension. Afterward, Elvis recorded his own version of it. The song is an anti-Falkand's war song. The controversial war Margaret Thatcher's government fought against Argentina. The lyric refers to the irony of how war can lead to work for the men who build warships which will ultimately send their sons off to die. Apologies if I am telling you stuff you already know! Also if you get a chance check out another great version of Season of the Witch by Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger and the Trinity. Great pick on the Bert Jansch! and great video as ever.
Your list awesome. A couple surprises for me, will check them out. My list would include Gordon Lightfoot and Tim Hardin.
Great list Mazzy, but any list of 50 singer songwriters should include Vic Chesnutt. If you are not familiar with him start with Is The Actor Happy.
Some great top tips. I would also add Graham Parker, Ron Sexsmith, Jason Isbell and Aimee Mann
Jason Isbell is one of the best current singer songwriters for sure.
Todd Rundgren would fit in here easily - the problem with him is picking an album. Something/Anything is the obvious choice, but Runt and Hermit of Mink Hollow are also great, and then there's the likes of Nearly Human and Second Wind.
More recently, Andrew Bird. His stuff is just delightfully weird (prog folk???). Noble Beast lived in my car from the time I got it until I had to get rid of the car, and everything I've heard off My Finest Work Yet is fantastic.
Nice, Mazzy! As always very entertaining & full of good, interesting music and infos. Surprised though, that neither Townes Van Zandt made it in your list, nor Ryan Adams (and Mark Knopfler). But still: Great list. Greetings from Germany. Check out Fink, by the way.
Love the 70s and Texas singer/songwriters. I'll have to break this one up into parts but really enjoy it so far! take care friend.
Steve Earle and Rodney Crowell - Yes
Great show. Kate Bush would been in mine. I know you like her too. Maybe she isint a singer songwriter at second thought. Tori amos first few albums are great also.
Arthur Bordine yes I love Kate Bush. Just didn’t to seem to fit into this one. 🧚🏼♀️
Just talked about Jefferson Airplane changing their name 3 times
Rufus Wainwright...
You mist out Bob Marley, Noel Gallagher and Amy winehouse
Great choice but if there were room for Fiona Apple (great artist) Aimee Mann and Regina Spektor should be considered.
A somewhat newer artist that I came across that I've fallen in Love with regarding singer/ songwriter is Ryan Montbleau. Absolute monster lyricism, can hold his own against pretty much any of the greats IMO. Interestingly, I discovered him they'd his song "Pacing Like Prince" which is from his more soul side of music, then when I went to check out his other stuff I realized he has a lot of singer/songwriter and roots/ Americana stuff. Some other top favorites for songwriters or specific songs on my "singer/ songwriter" playlist: Ben Kweller (very unique lyricism), Adam Duritz/ Counting Crows, Ryan Bingham, The Avett Brothers (February Seven is great), Amigo- The Glorious Sons, Makin It- Bishop Gunn, Soulfight- The Revivalists, My City of Ruin- Eddie Vedder, Move On- Jet, The Sun is Shining- JJ Grey and Mofro. Just some breadcrumbs for anyone reading :) Great, comprehensive list in this video for sure!
Like all your choices and agre with them. Would have been nice to somehow Carly Simon.
Surprised to see no PJ Harvey! Always love your videos Mazzy!
Glen Hansard, the great Irish singer/ songwriter from the Frames and solo. His album Rhythm and Repose(2012) is fantastic, as are the three following this one:) I also really like Gordon Haskell, a judgment that for the moment is solely based on my appreciation of his Harry's Bar(2002) album. With the gorgeous How Wonderful You Are on it. Guy became popular at 57 with this song and album. That's what is beautiful and tragic with some of these singer-songwriters. Sometimes they don't get noticed until way later of even after they've passed away... Anyway, great list there, Mazzy! Take care.
Hi Norman! Beautiful show. I’m pretty amazed that i have and love most of the albums you talk about here. What do you think about James McMurtry?
Gordon Lightfoot...ffs! Monumental fail.
Mary Chapin Carpenter is hugely overlooked.
Have always been enthralled by Nick Cave’s The Boatman’s Call. Yes, perfect and a bit heart-breaking.
Vashti Bunyan’s ‘Just Another Diamond Day’
Jeff Buckley Hallelujah sublime. Nick Cave's Hallelujah so good. Cave's version is not a cover. Check out a live performance. I like it a lot. Buckley's is a cover but it and I think its out of respect for Leonard Cohen as a songwriter that he is covered as much as he is by other artists. Its just that Buckley's is so good.
50 great Singer songwriter albums. Singer songwriters. Great writers and Great versions of Leonard Cohen’s Halelujah but poor a choice to advocate for their songwriting since it is not theirs.
stevie wonder could still do no wrong except that he doesn't release anything now. anyone defending donovan, phil ochs and laura nyro (among others) is a friend of the planet.
Great video. I love that Tracy Chapman album. Donovan rules. I have to listen to Leonard Cohen today. Joni Mitchell is always amazing.
Hi mazzy you don’t need notes it’s all from the heart ..I knew billy would get a mention . Neil Young is a big favourite of mine .. I keep seeing that rickie lee jones album I should grab it .. great personal choices 👍
Oh my favourite is Paul weller of course but these days I think I prefer Neil Young ..
grab that rickie lee...it's brilliant...
Willy DeVille
Nick Lowe
Graham Parker
Ray Davies solo
T Bone Burnette
Richard Thompson
Keb Mo
Prince
Joe Ely
Maybe I’ll eventually write a second chapter. Good list ✌🏼
Wow what a collection...magnificent..!!
Did I miss Rundgren? Todd is God. Played all his instruments, produced and sang. He is #1.
I expect that all real music lovers would be into most of these but it still surprised me that I'm a fan of almost every one of your picks. It's like having a conversation with your best mate.
I expect you always knew but after loving 'Shipbuilding' since it came out I was surprised when I found out that Chet Baker played the trumpet on it. I still have so much to learn!
Hey Mazzy the song on North is " I'm in the Mood Again".
First of all, Elton John did not write his lyrics, Bernie Taupin did. Leaving out PJ Harvey, Patti Smith and Kate Bush but including strummer John Sebastian is kind of lame.
Yeah the Elton John thing is a little weird...
Great list, although I think Steve Earle deserves a spot as well
The Warren Zevon album is one of my all-time favorite albums. It's soft rock meets country with a LA flavor.
Gerry Rafferty.
I like him too!
Jim Croce, Don Mclean great list!
Love all these records. Do you listen to Dawes if not you should check them out.
This was very extensive, I really appreciate your efforts in creating this list. There are artists you mentioned I do not know. I wondered why you did not include Dave Alvin.
There so many more 🎸🎸🎸🎸
Well, that was fun. Isn't there so much wonderful music out there? There's very few of those I don't own albums by. Possibly only Elton John I don't.
Good to see Smog (Bill Callahan). Yes, his new album is amazing, as all of his are. He, along with other Americana tinged artists are firm favourites of mine. Vic Chesnutt's Is The Actor Happy, Songs: Ohia's (Jason Molina) Lioness, Howe Gelb's 'Sno Angel Like You, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy's (Will Oldham) I See A Darkness and Neko Case's Furnace Room Lullaby would all make any list I would make.
Of course, I love Guy Clark and John Prine, but I'd have to include more country artists.
Kris Kristofferson's debut album, Willie Nelson's Red Headed Stranger, Dolly Parton's Tennessee Mountain Home and Billy Joe Shaver's Old Five and Dimers Like Me.
B. C. Camplight is an artist who just gets better and better. His album from earlier this year, Shortly After Takeoff, is almost without doubt going to be my favourite album if the year.
...Sorry, I've gone on a bit...Much like your video 🙂
I'm pretty sure I am the only person that doesn't love Tracy Chapman. I do respect so many of the great song writers you named. Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, Carole King. Elton John and so many more.
You most certainly are not the only person, one of millions.
Sorry, can't watch 50...
Great picks.....interestingly....the John Martyn song Solid Air is about Nick Drake.....
Beck says: yes I can. Great choice.
Don't have an hour to watch the whole video, but I really hope Joseph Arthur is in this discussion.
Nope. That’s for someone else 😘🤓😎
Great video, Mazzy...thank you! I don’t see the VC discussing Gino Vannelli...great songs/production/players...thoughts?
Strong list. Obligatory listing of omissions (some more glaring than others):
George Harrison
Paul McCartney
Hank Williams
Bob Marley
Lou Reed
Syd Barrett
Townes van Zandt (acknowledged)
Merle Haggard
Willie Nelson
Robert Johnson
David Bowie
Tom Petty
Gordon Lightfoot
Woody Guthrie
Kate Bush
John Denver
C/S/N
Bill Withers
Chuck Berry
Good list
Really enjoyed this one! ✌🏻😎 The Black Swan is a great album. Did you see that Earth Recordings is issuing Crimson Moon on vinyl? Comes out in a couple weeks. I’m so excited - it’s such a wonderful later album for Jansch. From the early 2000s I think.
Missing from this list:
David Ackles, Hoyt Axton, Tony Joe White, Emmitt Rhodes, Al Stewart, Bill Fay, Bruce Cockburn, Chris De Burgh, Chris Rea, David Blue, Don Nix, David Mc Williams, Dick Gaughan, Dory Previn, Elliott Murphy, Eric Anderson, Eric Von Schmidt, Fred Neil, Garland Jeffries, Harry Chapin, Jackie Leven, Jackson C Frank, Jesse Winchester, Jim Croce, Jimmy Webb, JJ Cale, Joe South, John Stewart, Kevin Coyne, Lee Clayton, Lee Hazlewood, John Phillips, Michael Hurley, Patrick Sky, Ralph McTell, Jake Holmes, Richard Thompson, Rodriguez, Sandy Denny, Scott Walker, Tim Hardin, Tim Rose, Tom Paxton, Tom Rush, Townes Van Zandt, Vic Chesnutt, Vince Martin, Dave Van Ronk, Robyn Hitchcock, Mark Laneghan, PJ Harvey, Buffy Saint Marie, Country Joe McDonald, Arlo Guthrie, Bob Theill, Jonathan Edwards, Lou Reed, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Jack Bruce, Alex Chilton, Eric Carmen, Paul Westerberg, Conor Oberst, Mark Eitzel, Matthew Sweet, Peter Bruntnell, Meic Stevens, David Gray, Willie Nelson, Russ Ballard, Chris Bell, Peter Blegvad, David Bowie, John Cale, T Bone Burnett, Billy Childish, Neil Diamond, Peter Hammill, Roy Harper, Alan Hull, Ian Hunter, Billy Joel, Ronnie Lane, Gordon Lightfoot, Nick Lowe, Dave Mason, Don McLean, Mickey Newbury, Graham Nash, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Michael Nesmith, Nico, Danny O'Keefe, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Shawn Phillips, Alan Price, Gerry Rafferty, Tom Rapp, Terry Reid, Jonathan Richman, Stan Ridgway, Biff Rose, Todd Rundgren, Bob Seger, Judee Sill, PF Sloan, Rod Stewart, Pete Townshend, Tom Verlaine, Clifford T Ward, Gary Wright, Jesse Colin Young.
But then the video would be 3 hours long.
MIA for me: 'Roger McGuinn', Gene Clark 'No Other', Joni Mitchell 'Court & Spark', Paul Simon 'Graceland'.
Those great records are included in other videos of mine. In fact all three artists have features here. ✌🏼
@@mazzysmusic So there's a one disc (of the four) that you haven't reviewed?
@@thomasrobinson182 actually all in different videos. Byrds ranking Byrds parts and others in my featured artists playlist.
A most enjoyable video. If there is a perfect album from Townes VanZandt it is, without question, Live at the Old Quarter. Interesting to see your selections from those artists in particular we both admire: Beck, Nilsson, Neil Young, Dylan, Randy Newman, Bert Jansch, Nick Drake, John Martyn (btw I saw 'Church with One Bell' in a record store the other day on reissue - let me know if you are still looking, I will buy and forward it to you if you send mailing address). I actually prefer Teaser and the Firecat (if ever so slightly) to Tea for the Tillerman, Jackson Browne's debut to Late for the Sky, White Light to No Other, and Shelter People to Leon's first. Richard Thompson's Hand of Kindness is a perfect album. Jackson C Frank's one album is perfect. Ditto Gordon Lightfoot's If You Could Read My Mind (Sit Down Young Stranger), Phoebe Snow's debut, Blaze Foley's Live at the Austin Outhouse, and Willis Alan Ramsey's one album.
Bob... EVERYTHING..
Fell in love to Blood on the Tracks, 'More Blood' includes 'Up to Me', an absolute beauty that he left out of the original🤷
You are much better than me and this is pissing me off ! :) You even have Jansch and Martyn. I bet not that many heard about Martyn in States. Great watching this !!! :) Have about 70% of what you are presenting here...Best Wishes from UK. PS You forgotten about Crosby 'If I could only remember my name' :)
Nice list, for the most part. I've got that Springsteen album and I remember the song you keep referring to as "Rosita" is actually "Rosalita". Quibble, I know. Big fan of both Randy Newman and John Hiatt - glad you featured both.
So so many. You took most of my picks for greatest singer songwriters out there. But I'd also add the other two Beatles singer-songwriters, Georgie and Paulie 😄 both remarkable wordsmiths and melody makers in their solo work.
More soul, funk and RnB representation: Bill Withers, Prince, Labi Siffre (he always gets missed out these lists).
It was under the umbrella of the Family Stone, but everything from There's a Riot Going on onwards was Sly Stone's own work, with a couple of contributions here and there from the band.
Hi Mazzy- enjoyed this and some great choices. While E Street Shuffle is not my favorite Bruce album, it is certainly representative. And was glad to see Late for the Sky, although I love the first two JB albums as well .Three other artists that I'd consider solo work from Chris Hillman, Rick Roberts, and Bill Wilson- although the latter may be more of an Indiana phenomenon...Maybe one of the first two Karla Bonoff albums, with all of those classic songs Linda Ronstadt covered...
Hi there. Would add Eric Andersen to the list. His first (& second albums), along with Cohen's first album were responsible for my initiation into poetry. I think your listed albums here are bang on. Enjoy your channel.
Mazzy, Richard Thompson is an very underrated singer-songwriter(guitarist) with many very good albums. I would have to go with Rumor & Sigh (1991) for 1952 Vincent Black Lightning alone but there are 14 excellent songs on this disc. Two other very talented British singer-songwriter-guitarist sometimes overlooked are Mark Knopfler and Chris Rea.
Keep Your Distance is an amazing song.
I have no argument for deleting any of your choices., Mazzy. I’m reveling in the abundance of singer-songwriting brilliance you gathered…but, I’m a huge Jesse Winchester fan and he wrote and sang some amazing songs over lots of years….would also give a shout-out to Jason Isbell.
Great list Maz. Can't really argue with any of them. Did I miss Townes Van Zandt, or was he not included? Glad to see the inclusion of a few 90s and 2000s artists like Elliott Smith, Gillian Welch, Smog, Bon Iver, etc. When considering artists of that era, and even including today, so many more could be listed in my list. Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes), Will Oldham (Palace Bros, Bonnie Prince Billy), Jason Molina (Songs Ohia, Magnolia Electric Co.), and John Darnielle (Mountain Goats) come to mind. Again, great list.
One of the best ever story tellers Harry Chapin. Also, Neil Diamond, Jim Croce and the other 2 Beatle soloists George and Paul.
Contrary to popular perception, 'Tapestry' was not Carole King's debut album as a performing artist in her own right. 'Writer' was.
Thanks Mazzy. I started a list, but only made it to five entries, with at least one that I have to check if he fits, but it included John Stewart. Sun Kil Moon I will need to check. - Chris
Hiya Mazzy… what’s the track playing in background at the start of this piece? Thanks.
I am sad to report the passing of three renowned singers from the world of soul music...
Edna Wright, who also recorded briefly as Sandy Wynns, but was best known as lead vocalist with Hot Wax hit trio Honey Cone, died Saturday, September 12 aged 75 years. Honey Cone enjoyed nine R&B chart hits 1969-1972, reaching no. 1 with Want Ads and Stick Up, in the spring and autumn respectively of 1971, Edna in the company of Carolyn Willis and Shellie Clark.
Roy C, whose chart hits included Shotgun Wedding (Black Hawk, 1965) and Got To Get Enough (Mercury, 1973) died Friday (18th), aged 81 years. He began his career with vocal group the Genies (Who's That Knockin?, 1958) as Roy Hammond, then abbreviated his name for his solo career to avoid confusion with Roy Hamilton. Roy enjoyed good sales with Mercury album Sex & Soul, and later also recorded for his own labels Three Gems and Alaga.
Pamela Hutchinson, of family music group the Emotions, died Friday (18th) aged just 61 years after losing her long battle with ill health. Pam was the youngest sister of three, with Wanda and Sheila, who began singing as the Hutchinson Sunbeams guided by their father Joe. They scored a dozen hit singles on Volt Records, 1969 - 74, with top 10 hits So I Can Love You and Show Me How then moved to Columbia in 1976 with half a dozen further hits including 1977 chart-topper Best of My Love. 1979 saw them sign with ARC to chart with Earth Wind & Fire on Boogie Wonderland, then five further hits for the Emotions on ARC and three on Red Label.
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Just got turned on to your channel...just great, guessing we are about the same age. Nice to see Warren Zevon on your list. Fun fact, Buckingham and Nicks are on this record...the three of them were roomates before Fleetwood Mac came along.
Hard to argue with any of those selections I was familiar with and the one's I'm not I need to check out. I'm sure there are some equally worthy but nothing jumps out at me.
Jim Croce
Just getting round to watching this today Mazzy.
Definitely going to seek out some of these that I am unfamiliar with.
Best wishes from Ireland Sir!